Nice weekend! I would say (not so much in response to your post) that the very dangerous descent (esp for your grade 11 seconder) off the back of the piccolo pinnacle mars an otherwise very pleasant beginners route.

On 13/11/2006 boardlord wrote:>For single pitch - my vote would be with Blockbuster - but mainly because>of the position...
Finally led Blockbuster on the weekend (I had seconded it three times but never got around to leading it). It is one of my favourites at Araps. Way up there and cruisey. As an aside, I noticed a rap station at the top of Ivan. I don't really understand why (I guess there is a good reason - and presumably not so you can top rope that megaclassic into submission ... :) I would have thought that anyone finding themselves at the base of Blockbuster would want to go up rather than down.

A quick check of the guidebooks suggests don't come to South Australia for quality 11s. Arguably the best 11 in the Adelaide Hills is Frontignac in Onkaparinga Gorge. The best 11 I've climbed at Moonarie is Tree Beard, but in the best tradition of the Moon it felt very stiff at the grade. Our best 11 just might be Funcrack at Point Bonney, a little to the north of Moonarie and considerably tougher to access. It's a 90m climb up corner systems done in 1967 and, from the photo, looks to be a pretty robust outing. Doubt if it's been ticked by many Chockstoners - I'll climb it next winter and see how it stacks up to the Arapiles 11s!